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Join the Murphy Institute for an informal lunch gathering with Jenny Kraska, Executive Director of the Colorado Catholic Conference, and learn how she put her Catholic Studies Master/J.D. degree to work for the church.

Kraska attended UST, graduating with a double major in Catholic Studies and Theology and a minor in Latin. She continued her studies at UST and was one of the first to pursue the joint J.D./Catholic Studies Masters degree. She worked as a research attorney for Thompson West Publishing before moving in 2007 to join the Colorado Catholic Conference. In 2008 she became the Executive Director of the Colorado Catholic Conference.

Kraska also serves as: President of the National Association of State Catholic Conference Directors, Consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Catholic Education, Member of the Federal Assistance Advisory Commission Board member of Catholic Rural Life, and Consultant to the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The lunch is hosted by the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law, and Public Policy and the Department of Catholic Studies.